Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 98

Chapter 90

Sheila stepped into the room.

She walked over to the bedside, her expression etched with worry as she glanced at Henry. "Jessica, is Henry alright?"

Jessica knew Sheila could read sign language, so she skipped typing on her phone and signed directly.

"It's appendicitis, but he's okay now. The surgery's done."

"How did he get appendicitis all of a sudden?"

Jessica shook her head.

Sheila's face softened with sympathy. "Poor thing, must have been so painful for him."

Sheila pulled up a chair and sat down next to Jessica.

Jessica frowned, her mind drifting.

Timothy had suddenly started doting on her, buying her cake, acting unusually close, and upending one of her long-held suspicions.

so much, she was utterly

heart was

they never acted like aunt and nephew. That strange lack of boundaries made it awfully hard

Sallie had dropped

showing up uninvited, Jessica's emotions were even more

a constant reminder of everything Jessica had

Jessica almost gave in to the urge to ask Sheila outright—just to

Sheila had first appeared before her, in both words and actions, she'd seemed to be on

Sheila and Timothy, would Sheila ever admit it? And if word got

on

desperate to

it down and

however, broke the

all night-why don't you

swiftly. "It's fine, I'm not tired. You, on the other hand, just got off a long flight and haven't adjusted to the

Henry had a fever, the nurse who gave him the injection was his classmate's mother. He asked me to pretend to be you-he didn't want his classmates to find out about your situation. It's almost morning, and once the day staff comes in, there'll be more people around. He

didn't finish, but her

Jessica got the message.

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